And there in lies the problem Vic. THEY DO NOT WANT NOR DO THEY LIKE REPEATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Repeaters are very high maintenance items. At least here in the United States young kids and immature adults seem to think it is "cute" to shoot their guns at the telco's repeater housings. In addition, Lightning is a problem down here and a repeater sitting in a big metal can on top of a 30-40 foot telephone pole for some reason seems to attract the lightning (for the life of me I cannot figure out why). Since the telco's estimate it costs them over $150 per hour in labor plus the cost of the equipment, the word "repeater" in the telco world is "bad joo joo". In addition, as a telco adds more repeaters, more voltage and current are required on the span to power the repeaters. This would mean larger creepage and clearances which means "no go" for UL 1950. The other option is local powered remote units. Since the telcos find the AC power system unreliable (down too many seconds per year) they do not want locally powered remote units. Of course you could add UPS's at the remote but that would be cost prohibitive. Jim James Wiese Regulatory Compliance Engineer ADTRAN, Inc. 205-963-8431 205-963-8250 FAX jim.wi...@adtran.com >---------- >From: Victor L. Boersma[SMTP:vboer...@compuserve.com] >Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 7:08 PM >To: INTERNET:t...@world.std.com >Subject: RE: telco spacing, listings, etc. > >It is my understanding that many of the telco service providers (RBOC's >and independents) are moving towards listed products due to co-location >brought on by the telecommunications ACT of 1996. > > >This is good for business. Sell them repeaters. Vic >
